In addition to your dedicated or virtual server you can get a backup space that you can order via Robot. To do so, click on the Server menu on the left, select your server and then go to the "Backup" tab. Here you can order and activate a backup space. The available backup space sizes can be found in the table below (all prices include 19% VAT):

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In addition to your dedicated/virtual server you can acquire a backup space to use for your own backups. This backup space can be ordered via Robot. To do so, click on the Server menu on the left, select your server and then go to the "Backup" tab. Here you can order different sizes of backup space, as well as up/downgrading your current backup space. The available backup space options can be found in the table below (all prices include 19% VAT):

*[http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ '''Duplicity'''] – GPG encrypted, compressed, incremental backup from untrustworthy media or unencrypted protocols such as the FTP offered exclusively by Hetzner to the backup server. Also works with rsync and ssh.

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*[http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ '''Duplicity'''] – GPG encrypted, compressed, incremental backup from untrustworthy media or unencrypted protocols such as the FTP offered exclusively by Hetzner to the backup server. Also works with rsync and ssh.

**A [[Duplicity Script]]

**A [[Duplicity Script]]

== General tips ==

== General tips ==

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Please note that the speed of the backup space is dependant on how many other clients are simultaneously accessing the backup server. Consider running your backups at another time if you experience performance problems.

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Please note that the speed of backup is dependant on how many other clients are simultaneously accessing the backup server. Consider running your backups at another time if you experience performance problems.

It is also important to use the DNS names assigned to you (&lt;username&gt;.your-backup.de; only affects new backup space accounts) in place of the underlying IP address as the IP address can change.

It is also important to use the DNS names assigned to you (&lt;username&gt;.your-backup.de; only affects new backup space accounts) in place of the underlying IP address as the IP address can change.

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Applying for backup space

In addition to your dedicated/virtual server you can acquire a backup space to use for your own backups. This backup space can be ordered via Robot. To do so, click on the Server menu on the left, select your server and then go to the "Backup" tab. Here you can order different sizes of backup space, as well as up/downgrading your current backup space. The available backup space options can be found in the table below (all prices include 19% VAT):

* Clients with EQ, EX or XS servers can get the 100 GB backup space for free.

Please note that the backup space can only be used from your server as access is only permitted from within the Hetzner network.

Functions in Robot

In Robot (under the "Backup" tab) you can generate a new password for your backup space and also erase the content of the backup space.
Furthermore, you can have your current backup usage displayed graphically. The data for this display is updated every 10 minutes.

Duplicity – GPG encrypted, compressed, incremental backup from untrustworthy media or unencrypted protocols such as the FTP offered exclusively by Hetzner to the backup server. Also works with rsync and ssh.

General tips

Please note that the speed of backup is dependant on how many other clients are simultaneously accessing the backup server. Consider running your backups at another time if you experience performance problems.

It is also important to use the DNS names assigned to you (<username>.your-backup.de; only affects new backup space accounts) in place of the underlying IP address as the IP address can change.

FTP/SFTP/SCP

You can access your backup space by means of FTP, SFTP and SCP.
Please use the host names assigned to you (<username>.your-backup.de) as
well as your username and password.

For SFTP/SCP it is possible to authenticate yourself with a Public Key. You can provide a Public Key in RFC4716 format in the file .ssh/authorized_keys on your backup space. You can convert your Public Key into FTC4716 format with the “ssh-keygen” program with the parameters “-e” and “-f <input pubkey>”. It is important that the automatically inserted comment line be erased. You need to manually create the .ssh directory if required.

RSYNC

The direct use of rsync is not possible. The backup space can however be locally mounted using smbfs, sshfs or ftpfs, allowing a limited use of rsync. To take full advantage of rsync (such as incremental backups using hardlinks) an image file must be created, which should be mounted via loopback. In addition to this it is also possible to add encryption via encfs (Encrypted File System) to protect the data.

IPv6

You can also access your backup space via IPv6. A DNS entry in the format "ipv6.<username>.your-backup.de" type AAAA is required. To get the IPv6 address you can for example use the following command:

dig AAAA ipv6.<username>.your-backup.de

Determining memory usage

To find out how much free space you have (be it via backup scripts or status
emails) you can use the 'lftp' program:

# apt-get install lftp

Determining memory usage:

# echo du -s . \
| lftp -u USERNAME,PASSWORD BACKUPSERVER

This is more readable with the parameter -h:

# echo du -hs . \
| lftp -u USERNAME,PASSWORD BACKUPSERVER

The following command allows you to use a hook to link with Tartarus, by inserting the following lines in the Tartarus configuration: